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Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign
Concentrated bitterns discharged from saltworks have extremely high salinity, often up to 300 g/L, thus their direct disposal not only has a harmful effect on the environment, but also generates a depletion of a potential resource of renewable energy. Here, reverse electrodialysis (RED), an emerging...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10059069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030293 |
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author | Abdullah Shah, Syed Cucchiara, Roberta Vicari, Fabrizio Cipollina, Andrea Tamburini, Alessandro Micale, Giorgio |
author_facet | Abdullah Shah, Syed Cucchiara, Roberta Vicari, Fabrizio Cipollina, Andrea Tamburini, Alessandro Micale, Giorgio |
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description | Concentrated bitterns discharged from saltworks have extremely high salinity, often up to 300 g/L, thus their direct disposal not only has a harmful effect on the environment, but also generates a depletion of a potential resource of renewable energy. Here, reverse electrodialysis (RED), an emerging electrochemical membrane process, is proposed to capture and convert the salinity gradient power (SGP) intrinsically conveyed by these bitterns also aiming at the reduction of concentrated salty water disposal. A laboratory-scale RED unit has been adopted to study the SGP potential of such brines, testing ion exchange membranes from different suppliers and under different operating conditions. Membranes supplied by Fujifilm, Fumatech, and Suez were tested, and the results were compared. The unit was fed with synthetic hypersaline solution mimicking the concentration of natural bitterns (5 mol/L of NaCl) on one side, and with variable concentration of NaCl dilute solutions (0.01–0.1 mol/L) on the other. The influence of several operating parameters has also been assessed, including solutions flowrate and temperature. Increasing feed solutions’ temperature and velocity has been found to lower the stack resistance, which enhances the output performance of the RED stack. The maximum obtained power density (corrected to account for the effect of electrodic compartments, which can be very relevant in five cell pairs laboratory stacks) reached around 10.5 W/m(2)(cellpair), with FUJIFILM Type 10 membranes, temperature of 40 °C, and a fluid velocity of 3 cm s(−1) (as empty channel, considering 270 μm thickness). Notably, the present study results confirm the large potential for SGP generation from hypersaline brines, thus providing useful guidance for the harvesting of SGP in seawater saltworks all around the world. |
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spelling | pubmed-100590692023-03-30 Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign Abdullah Shah, Syed Cucchiara, Roberta Vicari, Fabrizio Cipollina, Andrea Tamburini, Alessandro Micale, Giorgio Membranes (Basel) Article Concentrated bitterns discharged from saltworks have extremely high salinity, often up to 300 g/L, thus their direct disposal not only has a harmful effect on the environment, but also generates a depletion of a potential resource of renewable energy. Here, reverse electrodialysis (RED), an emerging electrochemical membrane process, is proposed to capture and convert the salinity gradient power (SGP) intrinsically conveyed by these bitterns also aiming at the reduction of concentrated salty water disposal. A laboratory-scale RED unit has been adopted to study the SGP potential of such brines, testing ion exchange membranes from different suppliers and under different operating conditions. Membranes supplied by Fujifilm, Fumatech, and Suez were tested, and the results were compared. The unit was fed with synthetic hypersaline solution mimicking the concentration of natural bitterns (5 mol/L of NaCl) on one side, and with variable concentration of NaCl dilute solutions (0.01–0.1 mol/L) on the other. The influence of several operating parameters has also been assessed, including solutions flowrate and temperature. Increasing feed solutions’ temperature and velocity has been found to lower the stack resistance, which enhances the output performance of the RED stack. The maximum obtained power density (corrected to account for the effect of electrodic compartments, which can be very relevant in five cell pairs laboratory stacks) reached around 10.5 W/m(2)(cellpair), with FUJIFILM Type 10 membranes, temperature of 40 °C, and a fluid velocity of 3 cm s(−1) (as empty channel, considering 270 μm thickness). Notably, the present study results confirm the large potential for SGP generation from hypersaline brines, thus providing useful guidance for the harvesting of SGP in seawater saltworks all around the world. MDPI 2023-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10059069/ /pubmed/36984679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030293 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Abdullah Shah, Syed Cucchiara, Roberta Vicari, Fabrizio Cipollina, Andrea Tamburini, Alessandro Micale, Giorgio Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign |
title | Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign |
title_full | Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign |
title_fullStr | Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign |
title_full_unstemmed | Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign |
title_short | Energetic Valorisation of Saltworks Bitterns via Reverse Electrodialysis: A Laboratory Experimental Campaign |
title_sort | energetic valorisation of saltworks bitterns via reverse electrodialysis: a laboratory experimental campaign |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10059069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030293 |
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